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Old 01-20-2017, 08:21 AM
Maxbumpo Maxbumpo is offline
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Originally Posted by Diseasel300 View Post
Mine starts extremely easily, even in the cold weather, and idles smooth until it's warmed up. As the temp starts coming up, so does the nailing, followed by the soft-miss at idle. Anything over 900 RPM and it's smooth as glass. No shortage of power and my 0-60 time is ~12 secs - right about where it should be. Just that irritating nailing and soft-miss.
I'd suspect the delivery valves in your case. I would install fresh springs, copper washers, and O-rings in all six. Note the special tool required and the special torque procedure: Torque to 30 Nm and release; torque to 30 Nm and release; torque to 30 Nm, and then torque to 35 Nm and install lock-down tab.
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'87 124.193 (300TD) "White Whale", ~392k miles, 3.5l IP fitted
'95 124.131 (E300) "Sapphire", 380k miles
'73 Balboa 20 "Sanctification"
Charleston SC
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